Glove



(No Model.)

G. H. RAWLINGS.

GLOVE.

Patented Sept. 8, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. RAWLINGS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.V

GLOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part eLetters Patent No. 325.968, dated September 8, 1885.

Application filed March Q3, 135

(No model.)

.To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. RAwLINGs, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Gloves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Figure l is a front view of the glove in that form in which the ends of the `tingers and thumb are omitted, part being broken out to show the padding of the thumb. Fig. 2 is a back view of the glove with parts broken out. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section at 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail transverse section at 44, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a front viewof a glove with full -length fingers and thumb, having lny improvement applied thereto, parts being broken out to show the pads.

The glove is intended especially for the use of base-ball players and cricketers, the pads being for the prevention of the bruising of the hands when catching the ball.

The front or palm ofthe glove is shown at a and the back atb. The fingers are seen at c and the thumb at d.

I do not claim any novelty in the general shape of the glove, nor in the material of which its outerpart is formed. This material is usualfingers.

ly buckskin.

It is not broadly new to pad the glove upon the inner side for the purpose stated, and this I do not claim; but the construction and material used are believed to constitute features of novelty.

rllhe pads are made separate, so as to cover the natural pads upon the palm of the hand, and in some cases of the thumb or thumb and The pads in their preferred construction are composed of two or more layers of felt and an interposed layer, f, or layers of india-rubber, and are coveredwith a lining, g, of leather.

Felt has been before use;1` fer-this purpose; but it has been found to lack in a certain amount of rigidity which is found in rubber,

and yet in its association with rubber it has a special value, owing to its yielding character, which enables its accommodation to the shape ofthe part of the hand beneath, and consequent increase of the arca upon which the force of the concussion is received upon the hand.

The preferred shapes and positions of the pads are shown by dotted lines indicating the rows of stitches by which the pads are held fast.

The pads, although having various forms according to their posit-ien, may all have the same materials entering into their composition, the preferred composition being shown in Figs. 3 and 4, where the outer coat is shown at c, the layers of felt at e, the rubber at f, and the leather lining at g. The thickness of the pad and the presence of the india-rubberf render it to a degree inflexible, and to give the required flexibility to the glove there are lines or spaces of separation between the pads forming joints at the joints of the hand. At l is shown a pad over the upper part of the palm of the hand, and at 2 is a pad covering the lower part of the palm of the hand at the inside of the knuckles. Between the pads 1 and 2 isa joint, 3, and between the pad 2 and the fingers c is a joint, 4. 5 is a thumb-pad, between which and the pad l is ajoint, 6, allowing sufficiently free motion to the thumb d. The three pads, l, 2, and 5, are all that are needed for the form of glove shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3.

In the form of glove illustrated in Fig. 5 there may be an additional thumb-pad, 7, and finger-pads at S, between the joints.

As an equivalent of the felt, cloth or other textile material may be used.

I claim- 1. Aglove having a pad, 1, in the palm thereof, consisting of two layers of felt having alayer of rubber interposed between them,

and a lining of leather, substantially as set4` GEO. H. RAWLINGS.

Witnesses:

SAME. Kme I-Irr, GEO. H. KNIGHT. 

